SOCI 100 Lecture Notes - Montesquieu, Logica, Belief
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Origins of sociology: sociology: an enlightenment discipline, true and not true, true - the way we practise it today, it is true, but not true to say that it just magically appeared. Is a continual process of coming together of ideas: sociology has been practised as long as we ve been living in societies. Key ideas: that individuals have certain inalienable rights - human rights, freedoms, the centralizing of governmental power, case: some people had privileges, some didn t. Bringing people to dense areas - communication passes quicker. Need to regulate these people: not the creation of govt, but the reformulation of it. Need to impose social order of a different kind. Taken characteristic that makes one group different from another and used it for political ends. If can shape rules in my favour, can have greater chances of staying on top. Creation of laws/traditions/ customs/beliefs that keep others away from power: inequality = deliberate.
